Nathaniel Herz

A little known Texas company is buying a share of a key North Slope pipeline and asked to buy all of Chevron’s oil interests in the region — reviving questions about the Alaska oil industry’s capacity to decommission aging infrastructure and pay damages in the event of a spill.

Starlink units are a precious commodity. But people are talking, sharing stories and “doing what they used to do without the internet.”

One company says it needs more support after $7 million of its loans were forgiven. Another wants a royalty reduction to drill a well.

The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, or AIDEA, is pushing an array of controversial projects across the state.

Written testimony and public hearings help explain how an Anchorage electric utility’s proposed rate hike could affect consumers.

“We’re trying to do multi-generation fishing,” Buck Laukitis said. “But believe me: It keeps me up at night, wondering about the future.”

Red Dog mine has sustained hundreds of jobs and generated billions of dollars for Alaska Natives. It's set to close in 2031 unless its operator gets environmental permits and decides to expand.

As the world pivots toward lower-carbon energy sources, experts say some of the state’s hard-to-tap oil prospects are becoming less attractive.

A new federal study reflects growing interest in injecting and storing climate-warming carbon pollution in underground reservoirs in Alaska.

The program would add to more than $100 million in salmon and Alaska pollock purchases — more than 1,500 truck loads — announced earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.